News from May 2016
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, SD - Preparations are nearly complete for the May 21 Bird Blitz at Wind Cave National Park. As part of the celebration of the National Park Service Centennial, Wind Cave will be hosting a variety of events throughout the day involving birds. For anyone who cannot participate in person, they will be able to follow along on the park’s Facebook page and Twitter account.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC -Superintendent Patrick M. Kenney is pleased to announce this year's evening climbs of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse. This opportunity will be offered on select dates near the full moon during the months of May, June, July, August, and September. Bring your own flashlight and experience...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: A Miami resident was sentenced to 48 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $172,521 for his participation in an identity theft tax fraud scheme where he used stolen personal identification information (PII) to access the IRS “Get Transcript" service and obtain tax records of his identity theft victims.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Blanca Gama, a/k/a Blanca Chumasero-Gomez, age 41, of Hastings, Nebraska, was sentenced for her conviction for making false representations with respect to the requirements of Social Security. Senior United States District Court Judge Lyle E. Strom...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A sales representative for multiple healthcare companies pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with obstruction of an investigation into kickbacks paid to medical professionals.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: ROANOKE, VIRGINIA - The third member of a conspiracy that distributed methamphetamine in the Western District of Virginia pled guilty yesterday in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke, United States Attorney John P. Fishwick announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Today, House Oversight and Government Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) issued the following statement after the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) announced the first federal government-wide policy approving the use of publicly available social media data in the security clearance investigation process for federal employees and contractors.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell sentenced Pedro Antonio Del Granado, age 49, of Fort Meade, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity. A federal jury convicted Del Granado on Feb. 11, 2016 and he has been detained since that date, after Judge Russell ordered that he be immediately taken into custody and held pending sentencing.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: The Two Winners Will Represent Their School Districts as National Ambassadors in Washington, D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury sitting in Macon, Georgia, returned two indictments today against residents of Columbus, Georgia, charging crimes related to several stolen identity tax refund fraud schemes, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney G.F. Peterman, III, for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury indicted Kendra Westmoreland, age 54, of Windsor Mill, Maryland, on charges of receiving and delivering an adulterated or misbranded device, in connection with her alleged receipt and use of Polydimethylsiloxane which she misrepresented as medical grade silicone. The indictment was returned on May 11, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: The FBI is Seeking Information Leading to the Arrest of Linn Jacob Cross Dog, III.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced today that Mara Morillo, 40, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, oxycodone and cocaine. Morillo appeared before United States District Court Judge Steven J. McAuliffe to enter her guilty plea.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Bechir Delva, 24, and Dan Kenny Delva, 27, both of Miramar, were sentenced to 102 months and 84 months, respectively, by United States District Court Judge William P. Dimitrouleas for their participation in an identity theft scheme. Judge Dimitrouleas also ordered the defendants to pay $186,697 in restitution and serve three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 27-year-old Carbondale man was sentenced today to 78 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Richard P. Conaboy in Scranton, for using a computer to download child pornography from an internet website.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return of an indictment charging Kennedy “KJ" Harris, Jr. (22, Cocoa) with sex trafficking of a minor and child enticement. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging CHRISTOPHER G. YOUNG, age 53, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with distribution of child pornography and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Claimed Pension Benefits of Deceased Former New York State Employee.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that MELISSA ANN DURAN, age 42, a resident of Des Allemands, pled guilty today before Judge Carl J. Barbier, to a one-count mail fraud indictment.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Yellowstone National Park and the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center will celebrate International Migratory Bird Day Saturday, May 14, with free public programs and a field trip.
